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Batkhela
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Batkhela (, ) is a city, tehsil and the district headquarter of the Malakand District within the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. According to the 2017 Census of Pakistan, the population of Batkhela was recorded at 68,200. Batkhela is considered as one of the most popular business cities in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. A water canal that pours into a small dam in the Jabban area near Batkhela is the main source of electricity production here.

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Place details

Locality
بٹ خیلہ
Region
خیبر پختونخوا
Country
پاکستان
Population
46,079
Timezone
Asia/Karachi

via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames

Key facts

Settlement.name
Batkhela
Settlement.settlement_type
City
Settlement.image_skyline
Lower Batkhela Canal (Nehar), Malakand Agency, KPK.JPG
Settlement.imagesize
280px
Settlement.image_caption
Batkhela Canal flows through the city
Settlement.mapsize
200px
Settlement.map_caption
Location of Malakand District (highlighted in yellow) within the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa of Pakistan.
Settlement.pushpin_map
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa#Pakistan
Settlement.pushpin_label_position
right
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
Location within Khyber Pakhtunkhwa##Location within Pakistan
Settlement.subdivision_type
Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1
Province
Settlement.subdivision_name1
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Settlement.subdivision_type2
District
Settlement.subdivision_name2
Malakand
Settlement.subdivision_type3
Tehsil
Settlement.subdivision_name3
Swat Rani Zai Tehsil
Settlement.area_total_km2
1001

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Wikidata facts

Official name
Batkhela
Population
50688
Area
1001
Elevation
673
Official website
www.nwfp.gov.pk
Image
P1000365 - Batkhela Bazaar (Off Day).JPG
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native label
Batkhela
inception
1895-03-00
Commons category
Batkhela
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  • History
  • Etymology
  • Early history
  • Governance
  • Geography
  • Division
  • Demography
  • Population
  • People and culture
  • Education
  • Media
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Batkhela (, ) is a city, tehsil and the district headquarter of the Malakand District within the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. According to the 2017 Census of Pakistan, the population of Batkhela was recorded at 68,200. Batkhela is considered as one of the most popular business cities in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. A water canal that pours into a small dam in the Jabban area near Batkhela is the main source of electricity production here.

Batkhela General Civil Headquarters Hospital is the main hospital of the district Malakand. Batkhela's main bazaar is more than 4.0 Kilometres long. Making it Asia's longest Bazar.

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